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Yvonne Fong, director of Simon Lee Gallery in Hong Kong, on art shifts made by the pandemic and vernissage style.

Sale Date:               Starting next week,  Sotheby’s will host “ Natively Digital” a weeklong online auction foregrounding 28 influential new media artists whose works surface the historical roots and future prospects of NFTs as a medium. Anchoring the sale is  Quantum, a generative digital animation backed by the  first non-fungible token ever minted. The work’s origin is the 2014 edition of  Rhizome’s “Seven on Seven” conference, where  Kevin McCoy and collabo...

Art Industry News: Doodle-Crazed Bidders Snap Up Every Single Lot at Mr. Doodle’s One-Man Christie’s Hong Kong Auction + Other Stories Plus, Sprüth Magers nabs representation of the John Baldessari estate and Vessel reopens in New York with new safety measures. May 27, 2021 Mr. Doodle at the launch of "Sense of Space," a multi-room sensory art experience in Exchange Square in London in 2018. Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Broadgate. Art Industry News is a daily dige...

Lisburn Castlereagh councillors call for more women in politics Local authority has lowest number of female representatives of 11 NI council Alliance Party Cllr Sorcha Eastwood (Image: Jonathan Porter/PressEye) Want the biggest politics stories sent to you every week? Simply sign up here and well do the restInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used i...

7 Questions for Polish Artist Paulina Olowska on Her New Paintings Inspired by Female Film Stars The artists new show "30 Minutes Before Midnight" is currently on view at Simon Lee, Hong Kong. Paulina Olowska, 30 Minutes Before Midnight (2021). Courtesy of Simon Lee. Paulina Olowska is an excavator of the past. The Polish artist scours histories looking for hidden clues and meanings that we may have missed during the lived moment itself. She’s painted idyllic utopias of the post-war era, and...

A survey by the American Chamber of Commerce shows that more than 40 percent of respondents have definite plans to leave the city.

Olive Trees (1889). Image couresy of Nelson-Atkins Museum. Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know on this Monday, May 10. NEED-TO-READ Kate Middleton Releases a Book of Lockdown Photography – The Duchess of Cambridge has released a book of 100 photographs taken by the public during lockdown. The book, called “Hold Still: A Portrait of Our Nation in 2020,” is the outcome of a proj...

Founded by Simon Lee and Angela Nyabera in 2017, Erevuka was birthed from Farwell Innovations Limited – a dynamic, software development company based in Nairobi, Kenya. Erevuka’s greater mission is To boost corporate workplace productivity by making world-class eLearning technology accessible and cost-efficient for corporates seeking to train their staff. Advertisement “Quite often customers pain points are not as a result of IT issues, rather they are as a result of lack of soft skills l...

The Armory Show to kick off New Yorks fall arts season, featuring 194 international exhibitors for its 2021 edition The fair will take place at its new home, The Javits Center, from September 9-12, 2021. Image courtesy of Javits Center. NEW YORK, NY .-The Armory Show announced the exhibitor list for its 2021 edition, featuring 194 leading international galleries from 38 countries. The fair will take place from September 9-12, 2021 at the state-of-the-art Javits Center – The Armory Show’s new,...

The Straits Times Fencer Berthier pays emotional tribute to late father Eric after qualifying for Olympics Fencer Amita Berthier (left) collapses on her knees in celebration after scoring the final point to defeat Uzbekistans Yana Alborova 15-14 in the womens foil final to earn her ticket to Tokyo.PHOTO: SCREENSHOT/YOUTUBE Berthier and her coach Amgad Khazbak in Tashkent, where the 20-year-old became the first Singaporean fencer to qualify for the Olympics when she topped the womens foil event ...